Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

eBook, 304 pages

English language

Published Feb. 25, 2013 by Pocket Books.

ISBN:
978-1-4391-4061-1
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4 stars (23 reviews)

What do a dead cat, a computer whiz-kid, an Electric Monk who believes the world is pink, quantum mechanics, a Chronologist over 200 years old, Samuel Taylor Coleridge (poet), and pizza have in common?

Apparently not much; until Dirk Gently, self-styled private investigator, sets out to prove the fundamental interconnectedness of all things by solving a mysterious murder, assisting a mysterious professor, unravelling a mysterious mystery, and eating a lot of pizza – not to mention saving the entire human race from extinction along the way (at no extra charge).

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5 stars

I first read this many years ago and, while I remember quite liking it, I didn't remember much of the plot apart from the occasional scene. Reading it again, the book has proved to be much, much better than I remembered.

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency is pure Douglas Adams - silly, smart and surreal in equal measure and and it's a novel that takes a collection of seemingly random events and connects them in a manner that is... well, holistic.

Some of the references are a little dated, but the book as a whole is a superb read and one that was well worth coming back to.

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3 stars

a funny, genre-defying trip through space and time...

short plot description: not possible, so just some highlights. Aliens, time travel, computers, romance, ghosts, detectives, poets, electric monks, cats, horses and that's just from the top of my head...

my thoughts: a wild and funny ride. What starts out as a mess of seemingly unconnected events has an astonishing explanation. Told tongue-in-cheek, a mostly delightful read.

my advice: light and amusing read.

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